January 2012
3 posts
I’m a complainer. I always can find something to complain about (especially work). But that doesn’t mean I’m dour or a caustic person. Nat said the other night how nice it was to have such a happy wife, and that pleased me because I worry that I’m not as upbeat as he is. You have to understand that Nat is one of the nicest, most genuine people in the entire world. When we...
December 2011
1 post
I'm sleeping so much
I really, really wanted to update more but it’s hard when I’m sleeping 12/13 hours a day on the weekend and at least 10 during the week. I think our baby boy is going through a growth spurt and it’s knocking me down for the count. Well, that, and living in New York City (it is not advisable to be a pregnant lady in New York City) and working full time and trying to knock out a...
November 2011
5 posts
Weepy weekend
So I’ve reached the point in my pregnancy where I find myself weeping over the most inconsequential stuff. This was set off by some bad news a close family member got about her health (more on that later…maybe) and since then, I’ve just been crying on and off for about a week. Sometimes, once the tears start, it’s hard to make your body get back to a place where crying...
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First pregnancy panic attack. It was great!
A little back story: Before I was pregnant, I was super, super anxious about being pregnant. Namely for every reason a female ladder climber in her early 30s is anxious: It would throw me off the career path I’ve worked so hard for! They are expensive! I don’t know anything about babies! What if I give birth to the anti-christ? Or at least a second-rate demon? You’ve all read a...
Look who it is
I’m incubating a little baby, it seems. It’s been hard to figure out how to write about this as I’ve never been super confessional online. I feel like what happens in my little family is sacred and shouldn’t be shared with strangers. But it’s such a happy thing and I feel like maybe people would like to know what is happening with the baby and I’d like to...
What does it feel like to experience that level of... →
October 2011
1 post
August 2011
6 posts
Reluctant housewife haiku 3
Food delivery
Is a better chef than me
So why should I try?
Reluctant housewife haiku 2
Does he ever think
‘Where did these clean socks come from?’
The answer is no
New housewife haiku
You’re pretty great, Dyson
Nice cyclone technology!
I still want a maid.
July 2011
6 posts
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June 2011
2 posts
The two reasons I want to have a child
1. I love my husband. I think he’s one of the finest men I’ve ever met. And I would like the honor of creating a family with him; we’d have a great one.
2. I want someone to take care of me when I’m old.
The other 98% of things that come along with having a child, I want nothing to do with. I’m not even super fond of children nor am I a maternal person. But, I know...
May 2011
5 posts
WatchThis is how our new dog Scout communicates with us — through yodeling. Has anyone else heard another dog do this? It’s so awesomely weird.
Btw: Scout is from Picasso Veterinary Fund, where many animals go when their owners are sick or dead (they also care for sick and injured animals when their owners can’t afford to take care of them). Her owner had terminal cancer and none of...
April 2011
8 posts
Watchseawitchery:
I started out clicking strategically… and by the end was just wildly clicking and dancing in my chair.
biancavirina:
CLICK THE SQUARES.
THE WHOLE WORLD NEEDS TO KNOW ABOUT THIS.
THIS THIS THIS THIS!
I made a cake!
So, this Friday I had my book club over (we read ‘A View from Garden City’ in case you are interested) which meant I had to cook dinner. My skills in the kitchen are extremely limited — I count ‘toast’ as one thing I can make well — but this recipe from my great ‘aunt’ Peggy turned out splendidly so I thought I would share it with you as if I can make it...
“It seems as though the first night of Charlie Sheen’s “Violent Torpedo of Truth”...”
“Bret Michaels is suing CBS and the Tony Awards over an onstage mishap at the...”
“Following their “ripped from the headlines” template, “Law & Order: Criminal...”
“Christina Aguilera may have a racy photo scandal on her hands, as a digital...”
“It was announced that Betty White will host and produce a new hidden-camera...”
“When you’re a writer, you’re making a living by your wits and your...”
– The lovely Meg Wolitzer. I had the honor of interviewing her for her new book, “The Uncoupling.”
March 2011
1 post
tinysprout: Scott Adams (Dilbert), deleted post →
kissingunderspiderwebs:
Scott Adams wrote this post today, March 7 2011, on his blog and then deleted it.
The topic my readers most want me to address is something called men’s rights. (See previous post.) This is a surprisingly good topic. It’s dangerous. It’s relevant. It isn’t…
February 2011
2 posts
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Killing 'Colonel Cataffy'
With all the news about Libya and Col. Muammar el-Qaddafi, Nat mentioned to me a Nintendo game he played in the 80s called “Metal Gear.” The plot? You’re a man named Snake and your arch nemesis is “Col. Vermon CaTaffy”, “a once tranquil shepherd boy” who “turned to terrorism at an early age.”
He was enough of a threat in the 80s to make him...
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An open letter to our foster dog, Melvis Ketchup
Melvis Ketchup, cuddling in the car with me before dropping him off with his new owners.
Dear Melvis Ketchup,
I just got back from dropping you off in Long Island (well, technically in Queens but you don’t really know the difference, as you’re a dog) with a lovely, young couple who have come around, decided they love you, and that they want to be your owners forever. I am sad that...
January 2011
10 posts
WatchMelvis Ketchup, our foster dog. I love him.
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“If we get a new dog, we have to name him ‘Rebound.’”
– Nat, on the possibility of one day getting a new dog. We need to make sure he’s just kind of a lame, possibly overweight, animal.
A sad time...
…so, when I wrote that last post, I had no idea how little time Doc had left. I thought we’d have him through Christmas and maybe into 2011 but he had other plans. The next day, after our morning constitutional (in which he was okay), we came home, he grabbed his favorite stuffed animal, got into bed, and started to die.
It is hard to write about. So I will share with you the email I...